Former Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Professor Winston Davidson has died
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Professor Dr Winston Davidson, who served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health in the late 1970s, has died after a short illness.
Dr Davidson reportedly passed away on Sunday at the University Hospital of the West Indies. He was a close adviser to former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.
Dr Davison was also an architect of the 2011 “Jeep” document, the source for 2011 Manifesto of the People’s National Party.
The late doctor has received a number of honours and awards in recognition of his work.
Among these are the Commander of the Order of Distinction for Services to Medicine in 2003 and the “Pearl Award” for more than 30 years of distinguished and outstanding service to the people of Jamaica as Justice of the Peace in the parish of St Andrew in 2008.
Dr Davidson died leaving his wife, Dr Sonia Davidson nee Lambie and three daughters.
